Saijo

Saijo become a city located in Kamo District, Hiroshima, Japan. The city is the workplace of Higashihiroshima. From the earliest instances, the fertile vicinity around part of the historic province of Aki has been occupied, as displayed by using the Mitsushiro Kofun a 5th-century burial mound and the Aki-Kokubunji Aki-Kokubun temple from the eighth century. It benefited from its location at the Sanyodo linking the capital with Kyushu, but the gain was double-edged as its communications and proximity to the ocean intended it changed into closely embroiled in the Sengoku period struggles among the clans of western Honshu.

During the later Edo period, Saijo turned into a post-town at the Sanyodo and domestic to a government office. In 1974 the Kamo District cities of Saijo, Hachihonmatsu, Shiwa and Takaya have been combined to form Higashihiroshima, the 12th town in Hiroshima Prefecture. In April 1973, Saijo become selected as the house of the in large part relocated Hiroshima University, with the relocation occurring among 1982 and 1995.

The relocation of the college and the established order of the Hiroshima Central Technopolis considering that 1984 has created many roles and intellectual opportunities, a brand new communications network Saijo became made a part of the Sanyo Shinkansen in October 1993 and has positioned the place at the era map, however has additionally visible a great deal of the inexperienced-field areas eaten up as the populace of Higashihiroshima City soared to 100,000 August 1992.